Loki remained sitting there for several more minutes trying to figure out what Belial had meant. A religion that didn't need belief didn't make sense to him. It just couldn't be.
So had Belial actually meant something else, or did he believe that he didn't need belief?
It confused him and made him worry for a being that was obviously a lot more powerful than himself.
If he had at all been in the habit of being honest at least with himself, he would have had to acknowledge that the very fact that he liked and trusted Belial should have been an alarm signal. The people he felt that way about at the very first meeting tended to be people who reminded him of the one that had taught him all about trust and honesty - the one he'd always trusted the most. His children had payed the price for that trust. All except one.
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So had Belial actually meant something else, or did he believe that he didn't need belief?
It confused him and made him worry for a being that was obviously a lot more powerful than himself.
If he had at all been in the habit of being honest at least with himself, he would have had to acknowledge that the very fact that he liked and trusted Belial should have been an alarm signal. The people he felt that way about at the very first meeting tended to be people who reminded him of the one that had taught him all about trust and honesty - the one he'd always trusted the most. His children had payed the price for that trust. All except one.